This picture, spontaneously taken from a moving vehicle, depicts an ox cart carrying a traditional Sri Lankan vegetable to the Sunday market in a rural province. On the backboard of the cart is written "Safe travels". Photo and caption by Achini Bandara

Beyond the City's Northern Border is intended to encourage students to consider how their study abroad experience has affected them personally, academically, linguistically, and professionally and how it will continue to do so throughout their college career and their future.

We also hope to provide an outlet where students can reflect upon their cross-cultural experiences and share their insights with their peers, thereby providing a resource for future study abroad participants. The hope is that this project will encourage participants to interact with their new culture and explain that interaction to the readers and not merely be an observer.

Prize winners were determined by a panel of faculty and staff judges who looked for works of art that reflect the study abroad experience and that were characterized by significant artistic and academic quality. Of course we hope for original and creative expression that reflects the participant's interaction in their cross-cultural experience.